VISITOR CENTERS.

SEC. 103. VISITOR CENTERS. (a) Melvin Price Lock and Dam, Alton, Illinois.— (1) Construction.— The Secretary may construct a regional visitor center of at least 24,000 square feet at the Melvin Price Lock and Dam, Alton, Illinois. (2) Purposes.— The purposes of the visitor center to be constructed under this subsection shall be to inform the public of— (A) the role of the United States Army Corps of Engineers in inland navigation along the Mississippi River and its tributaries, (B) the role of the Melvin Price Lock and Dam in such inland navigation, (C) the socioeconomic development of the surrounding area, and (D) events of historical, archaeological, cultural, and natural significance in such area. (b) Mt. Morris Dam, New York.— (1) Construction.— The Secretary shall construct a visitor center at Mt. Morris Dam, Mt. Morris, New York, in accordance with alternative 2 contained in the report of the District Engineer, Buffalo District, entitled “Mt. Morris Dam, Interpretive Development Prospectus, Visitor Reception Area”, dated February 22, 1991. (2) Designation.— The visitor center to be constructed under this subsection shall be known and designated as the “William B. Hoyt II Visitor Center”. (c) Lower Mississippi River Museum and Riverfront Interpretive Site.— (1) Establishment.— The Secretary shall establish and operate in accordance with this subsection an interpretive facility (including a museum and interpretive site) in Vicksburg, Mississippi, which shall be known as the “Lower Mississippi River Museum and Riverfront Interpretive Site”. (2) Location of museum.— The museum shall be located on property currently held by the Resolution Trust Corporation in the vicinity of the Mississippi River Bridge in Vicksburg, Mississippi. Title to the property shall be transferred to the Secretary at no cost. (3) Interpretive site.— The interpretive site shall be located on riverfront property between the Mississippi River Bridge and the Mississippi Riverpark in Vicksburg, Mississippi. The Secretary is authorized to acquire surface use easements for such site on a willing seller basis. 106 STAT. 4812 (4) Limitation on acquisition authority.— The Secretary may not use condemnation of property in carrying out this subsection. (5) Purposes of the museum and interpretive site.— The purposes of the Lower Mississippi River Museum and Riverfront Interpretive Site are to— (A) promote an understanding of the Lower Mississippi River and the United States Army Corps of Engineers’ role in developing and managing this nationally significant resource; (B) interpret the United States Army Corps of Engineers historic presence in the Lower Mississippi River Valley and its administration of the Mississippi River and Tributaries project; (C) provide an understanding of the many Corps of Engineers branches and facilities in the Vicksburg area and their relationship to flood control, navigation, and environmental conservation in the Mississippi River; (D) highlight the Mississippi River’s influence on the Vicksburg area and the river valley’s natural, historic, and cultural resource contributions; (E) highlight local Corps of Engineers projects and management strategies; (F) provide an understanding of the surrounding natural riparian environment adjacent to the Mississippi River through public access and interpretive displays; and (G) promote the worldwide application of water resource technologies learned from using the Mississippi River as a working model. (6) Related agencies and programs.— (A) Smithsonian institution.— The Secretary shall consult with the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution in the planning and design of the museum and riverfront interpretive site under this subsection. (B) Department of the interior.— The Secretary shall consult with the Secretary of the Interior and the Director of the National Park Service in the planning, design, and implementation of interpretive programs for the museum and riverfront interpretive site to be established under this subsection. (C) Visitor services.— The Secretary is directed to provide increased and enhanced visitor services at the United States Army Corps of Engineers, Waterways Experiment Station in Vicksburg, Mississippi. (7) Authorization of appropriations.— There is authorized to be appropriated $2,000,000 to carry out this subsection, including acquiring and restoring under paragraph (2) the property held by the Resolution Trust Corporation and planning, designing, and constructing the museum and riverfront interpretive site under this subsection. (d) Northeastern New Jersey Regional Flood Operations-Response, Engineering, and Visitor Center.— (1) Construction.— The Secretary is directed to construct a visitor center in northeastern New Jersey of at least 15,000 square feet to serve as the center for the United States Army Corps of Engineers operations and emergency response engineering activities within the Passaic, Hackensack, Raritan, 106 STAT. 4813and Atlantic Coast floodplain areas and to inform the public of the Corps of Engineers’ flood damage reduction and emergency preparedness roles for these areas, the socioeconomic development of the region, and events of historical, archaeological, cultural, and natural significance to these areas. (2) Park land for visitor access.— The visitor center to be constructed under this subsection shall include approximately 5 acres of public park land for visitor access. (3) Designation.— The visitor center to be constructed under this subsection shall be known and designated as the “Northeastern New Jersey Regional Flood Operations-Response, Engineering, and Visitor Center”. (4) Interim measures.— The Secretary is directed to provide increased and enhanced flood emergency operations and engineering preparedness and visitor services at the Corps of Engineers’ Passaic River Division office in Hoboken, New Jersey, until such time as the center to be constructed under this subsection is operational. (e) John Paul Hammerschmidt Lake, Arkansas.— (1) Construction.— The Secretary shall construct a visitors center for the Army Corps of Engineers at the John Paul Hammerschmidt Lake, Arkansas River, Arkansas. (2) Designation.— The visitor center to be constructed under this subsection shall be known and designated as the “John Paul Hammerschmidt Visitor Center”. (3) Authorization of appropriations.— There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection $2,000,000 for fiscal years beginning after September 30, 1992. Such sums shall remain available until expended.